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She has made it abundantly clear that she will not be ignoring the referendum vote to leave.

"Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a success of it," said Mrs May this week.

She said there would be "no attempts to remain inside the EU, no attempts to rejoin it through the back door, and no second referendum.

"We have a job to do in making the best deal we can in coming out of the EU and I am very clear that I will deliver Brexit."

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Mrs May is not someone to be toyed with. She has defeated all the major players who were so vocal during the Brexit campaign, including Justice Secretary Michael Gove and his former ally Boris Johnson.

This will not only give her actions on Brexit legitimacy in the eyes of Leave supporters, but also ensures she has on side a man who emphasised his pro-globalisation and pro-immigration stance, despite wanting out.

Whether Mrs May is quite as progressive and liberal in her views is not as certain.The UK's Daily Telegraph predicted the Brexit under the new PM would be "tougher and more uncompromising" than it would have been under Mr Johnson.

Mrs May has been given a mandate by a disaffected public and she is determined to deliver.